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Insight and analysis from the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice UniversityThu, 30 Jul 2015 17:44:34 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2How’s the state of the union? Depends upon whom you askhttp://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/01/how%e2%80%99s-the-state-of-the-union-depends-upon-whom-you-ask/
http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/01/how%e2%80%99s-the-state-of-the-union-depends-upon-whom-you-ask/#commentsThu, 26 Jan 2012 13:12:50 +0000http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/?p=1932President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday was given in a context that underscored that the Republicans have no monopoly on resurrection. As the fortunes of Republican candidates have routinely skated to the precipice and back, so too has the president courted his political demise.
Written off only a few months ago by pundits and not a few voters, Obama’s prospects have been enhanced by several recent developments, including the killing of Sept. 11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden — an event Republican Mitch Daniels respectfully acknowledged in the Republican rebuttal to the state of the union. President Obama skillfully used this accomplishment at the beginning and end of his speech, not just to applaud our military but also as a nationally unifying moment that could teach us something about fighting our economic challenges.]]>http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2012/01/how%e2%80%99s-the-state-of-the-union-depends-upon-whom-you-ask/feed/1